The power of big data—analyzing huge swaths of information to uncover insights and make predictions that were largely impossible in the past—is poised to transform business and society. Yet there is a dark side. Privacy is eroded like never before. And a new harm emerges: predictions about human behavior that may result in penalties prior [...]
Mar 07, 2013

With more data, a log linear increase of information. What does empiricism crowd out? Now that we can answer more questions empirically, are there social problems that can't be? Making fewer decisions based on what we actually think rather than what people tell us to.

When we harness this powerful technology, we also need to understand the need to remain its master, carve out a space for the human, act in defiance of what the data says. Big data is always imperfect and incomplete. Walk into the big data age with humility and humanity